Zoo Keeper In Training

Brooke has wanted to be a Zoo Keeper for quite some time.  She has been working at Utah's Hogle Zoo for 3 years.  Funny, that I got an email one day that they were hiring for Summer help.  She applied and got it.  And three years later, she is on her way to Florida to Santa Fe Community College to get a degree in Animal Husbandry.  Which is being a zookeeper.  She did some research and decided Florida was the place to go.  It is AZA approved which is a big deal.  So, the time finally came and she is off.

This is the trip to the Airport.  She didn't seem to be nervous...

Andrew came with us because he just got back from lake Powell with his BFF's family.  Nick also came but I didn't get any pics of him.  Hmmm

Oh Nick is in this nice video below in the Green Bay Jersey

Here she is!!  Her first day of School!!  She has wanted this for a long time.  We checked it out in May to make sure it was the place to go.  She found a roommate on Craigs list and is now ready to go!

She does have one person missing her sooo much.  He works security at the Utah's Hogle Zoo in Utah.  Here's what he sent to her.  That is inside an animal exhibit...which has to be approved somewhere high up in the chain of command.

She also has to be able to lift 50 lbs without looking like it is straining you.  She has practiced with a bag of salt (since we have no need for pet food) every day.  I can't walk by salt at the store and look at it in the same way!